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Intrigue and Revolution in the Jewish Communities of Damascus, Aleppo, and Baghdad, 1744-1914

Yaron Harel

About the author

Yaron Harel is Professor of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University. His contribution to the field of Oriental Jewish history, especially in Syria, been recognized in a series of awards, including the Aminoah Prize (2000), the Ben-Zvi Prize for Research in Oriental Jewry (2004), and the Zalman Shazar Prize for Research in Jewish History (2009), the latter for this book. He is also the author of The Books of Aleppo: The Rabbinic Literature of the Scholars of Aleppo (1997), the volume Syria (2009) in the series Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and Syrian Jewry in Transition, 1840–1880, and is co-editor, with Yom Tov Assis and Miriam Frenkel, of Aleppo Studies - The Jews of Aleppo: Their History and Culture, Volume 1 (2009).

Reviews

'Harel's book is destined to become the fundamental starting point for research into many aspects of the Jewish communities it discusses, and of others too. It makes an outstanding contribution in at least four areas: the history of the three communities that are discussed and those which they were in contact; the multi-faceted nature of the rabbinate as an institution; Jewish identity and self-understanding; and the work of historian in the post-modern age . . . Harel's strength as a historian lies not only in how he uses his sources, but also in his ability both to ask stimulating new questions and to resolve them, thanks to the breadth of his knowledge, his intellectual honesty, and his empathy for the people about whom he is writing.'
Nachem Ilan, Pe'amim

 

 

 

ISBN: 978-1-904113-87-4
£35.00 / $49.50
Published December 2013

Other books by this author:

Harel - Syrian Jewry in Transition
Syrian Jewry in Transition, 1840–1880
Yaron Harel

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